Living Data by Michael Takeo Magruder – Watermans, London – 14 January – 15 March 2015

Living Data Michael Takeo Magruder Wednesday 14 January ā€“ Sunday 15 March 2015 Exhibition launch event: Wednesday 21 January, 6.30PM ā€“ 8.30PM Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford, West London, TW8 0DS Living Data is a new solo exhibition by the visual artist Michael Takeo Magruder that explores the creation of evolving virtual/physical artworks which are generated from the ubiquitous artefacts … Read More

End User – Hayward Gallery Project Space, Southbank Centre, London, 27 November 2014 – 8 February 2015

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/end-user-1000613 Free entry – Hayward Gallery Project Space, Southbank Centre, London (map) A group of contemporary international artists take a critical approach to the complexities of the internet. Their artworks examine how the web alters social relations and raises questions about identity, privacy, and the ownership of information. End User includes work by Cory Arcangel, Aram Bartholl, Ami Clarke and … Read More

De/coding the Apocalypse – Michael Takeo Macgruder, Somerset House, London, 7 November – 19 December 2014

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural/culturalinstitute/showcase/current/whatson/exhibitions/apocalypse.aspx Friday 7 November ā€“ Friday 19 December 2014 Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing, Strand Campus Open Tue ā€“ Sun, 12.00 ā€“ 18.00 Free Admission The November Computer Arts Society lecture, “De/coding the Apocalypse”, will be given by Michael Takeo Macgruder at the British Computer Arts Society London office at 5 Southampton St., London, WC2E, at 7pm on Tuesday … Read More

Omega Point by Marios Athanasiou at MKII Studios, Clapton, London – 6th November 2014, 7-10pm

Omega Point is an audiovisual interactive installation that explores the theme of consciousness as a quantum physics phenomenon. 6th November 19:00 – 22:00 MKII Studios, 71-75 Powerscroft Road, E5 0PT Recent discoveries in neuroscience support a twenty-year-old controversial theory of consciousness entitled Orch-OR that states that consciousness does not emerge from complex computational activities inside the brain, as it was … Read More

Networked Bodies: Digital Performance Weekender – Watermans, Brentford, London 7-9 November 2014

NETWORKED BODIES Digital Performance Weekender Friday 7 ā€“ Sunday 9 November 2014 Watermans http://watermans.ticketsolve.com/shows/873523000/events?show_id=873523000   A weekend of performances, presentations and interactive workshops. Find an event to suit your interest, whether that’s digital performance practise, family events or interactive workshops and performances.Ā  Networks areĀ at the heartĀ ofĀ how we live today.Ā Networks generate transnational zones of action, bring together communities, circulate knowledge and … Read More

Cybernetic Serendipity, Friday Salon at the ICA, London – 3pm, 24 October 2014

What were the immediate and long-term outcomes of the first major British exhibition of computer, electronic and robotic art? As the fiftieth anniversary of Cybernetic Serendipity approaches, this Friday Salon considers its impact in numerous areas of technology and the arts. Speakers include: Dr Jonathan Benthall, Honorary Research Fellow at UCL Dept of Anthropology and formerly Director of the Royal … Read More

V&A Digital Design Weekend – 20-21 September 2014

Saturday 20 ā€“ Sunday 21 September 10.30ā€“17.00 Free, drop-in, no booking required Take part in a weekend of free events and collaborative making activities exploring physicality and digital value, coinciding with the London Design Festival at the V&A. Event page: http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/3404/digital-design-weekend-4853/ http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/va-digital-design-weekend-tickets-12772016445 DDW programme: http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/media/uploads/files/Digital_Design_Weekend_Programme_-_Online_2.pdf Participants and projects Paolo Cirio, (W)orld Currency This artwork illustrates a global currency through the … Read More